Combined shawl and hood



May 20, 1941. J. BERGER COMBINED SHAWL AND HOOD Filed March s, 1940INVENTOR JUL /U$ BEEGER BY MTTQRNEYs Patented May 20, 1941 UNITED STATESCOMBINED SHAW-L AND HOOD Julius Berger, Irvington, N. J.

Application March 8, 1940, Serial No. 322,889

4 Claims.

My present invention relates to an infants garment and more particularlyto a combined shawl and hood.

The present invention aims to devise a garment of the general characterindicated, which is simple in construction, easy and economical tofabricate and assemble and admirably adapted to perform the intendedfunctions as hereinafter expressed.

In the accompanying specification, I shall describe, and in the annexeddrawing show, an illustrative embodiment of the combined shawl and hoodof the present invention. It is, however, to be clearly understood thatI do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction hereinshown and described for purposes of illustration only inasmuch aschanges may be made therein without the exercise of invention and withinthe scope of the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View showing the manner in which the combinedshawl and hood of the present invention is put to use in covering thehead and body of an infant;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of thepresent invention shown in a completely open and fiat condition; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along line 3-3 ofFig. 2.

Referring now more in detail to the aforesaid til illustrativeembodiment of the present invention and with particular reference to thedrawing illustrating the same, the numeral 5 generally designates ashawl which includes a main body portion 6, preferably of square shapeand made preferably of knitted or woven material.

The edges of the main body portion 6 may be protected against ravellingor fraying by any desired finishing, but I have here shown such edges tobe provided with a ribbon binding 7, secured to the body portion bycontinuous stitching 8. Superimposed on an area 9, adjacent the cornersin of the body portion 6 is a triangular shaped auxiliary portion llmade of the same material as the body portion 6 and which, incooperation with the area 9 over which it is superimposed, is adapted,as will hereinafter be more fully understood, to present a hood l2 toprotect the head of an infant, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

The two edges of the auxiliary portion ll, coinciding with the sideedges of the area 9, are fastened to the body portion 6 beneath theribbon binding 1, and the third edge, which is free so as to permitinsertion of the infants head within the hood, is finished with a ribbonbinding I3 stitched through as at I4.

The garment is completed by fixing to the upper side edges thereof, on aline with the lower free edge of the auxiliary portion I I, a pair oftie strings or ribbons I5.

This completes the description of the aforesaid illustrative embodimentof the present invention and the mode of use thereof may be brieflysummarized as follows: 7

With the garment lying open and fiat, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing,the infant is laid upon the body portion 6 and its head is inserted viathe free edge of the auxiliary portion l I into the space intermediatethe auxiliary portion II and the area 9 of the main portion 6 over whichthe auxiliary portion is superimposed and the tie strings l5 are thendrawn about the neck of the infant and joined together beneath theinfants chin, as can be seen from Fig. 1 of the drawing. Joining the tiestrings [5 in this manner causes the hood portion I2 to assume andmaintain its proper shape. The remaining portion of the garment can thenbe wrapped about the infants body in any desired fashion, such as isshown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, after which any desired fastening means,such as a safety pin, can be applied to retain the shawl portion in aproper position about the body of the infant.

This completes the description of the mode of use of the aforesaidillustrative embodiment of the present invention.

It will be seen from all of the foregoing that I have presented aninfants garment in the form of a combined shawl and hood, which issimple in construction, easy and economical to fabricate and assembleand admirably adapted to perform the functions as hereinbefore setforth.

Other objects and advantages of the garment of the present inventionwill readily occur to those skilled in the art to which the presentinvention relates.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A combined hood and shawl comprising a main body portion adapted tobe wrapped about the body of an infant and an auxiliary portionsuperimposed upon a limited area of said main body portion and adaptedto cooperate therewith to present a hood for the head of an infant, allof the edges of said auxiliary portion except one coinciding with andbeing aifixed to the adjacent edges of said main body portion, the freeedge of said auxiliary portion permitting insertion of the infants headintermediate said auxiliary portion the edges of said auxiliary portioncoinciding with and being affixed to the adjacent edges of said mainbody portion, the third edge of said auxiliary portion being free topermit insertion of the infants head intermediate said auxiliary portionand the area of said main body portion over which said auxiliary portionis superimposed.

3. A combined hood and shawl comprising a square shaped main bodyportion adapted to be wrapped about the body of an infant, and atriangular shaped auxiliary portion superimposed upon a similarly shapedarea of said main body portion and adapted to cooperate therewith topresent a hood for the head of the infant, and means associated with thegarment to retain the hood in proper shape when in use.

4. A combined hood and shawl comprising a square shaped main bodyportion adapted to be wrapped about the body of an infant, and atriangular shaped auzn'liary portion superimposed upon a similarlyshaped area of said main body portion and adapted to cooperate therewithto present a hood for the head of the infant, two of the edges of saidauxiliary portion coinciding with and being affixed to the adjacentedges of said main body portion, the third edge of said auxiliaryportion being free to permit insertion of the infants head intermediatesaid auxiliary portion and the area of said main body portion over whichsaid auxiliary portion is superimposed, and means associated with thegarment to retain the hood in proper shape when in use.

JULIUS BERGER.

